EP3444566B1 - Procédés et systèmes de gestion de vol à contraintes de vitesse - Google Patents

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EP3444566B1
EP3444566B1 EP18188113.7A EP18188113A EP3444566B1 EP 3444566 B1 EP3444566 B1 EP 3444566B1 EP 18188113 A EP18188113 A EP 18188113A EP 3444566 B1 EP3444566 B1 EP 3444566B1
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Michal Polansky
Marek Batelka
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  • the subject matter described herein relates generally to vehicle systems, and more particularly, embodiments of the subject matter relate to managing aircraft operations in connection with speed constraints.
  • nextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System
  • 4D four-dimensional
  • RTA required time of arrival
  • speed constraints are introduced to help guarantee the reliability of time of arrival at a particular waypoint to manage spacing between aircraft, minimize delays, and the like.
  • the RTA constraints, speed constraints and other altitude-based speed restrictions that may be provided by airport procedures, air traffic control (ATC), or the like typically do not account for operating costs.
  • the particular cost function utilized by a particular aircraft operator may define an optimum speed for achieving a desired cost index given the particular altitude of the aircraft and potentially other factors (e.g., the current fuel remaining or aircraft weight, current meteorological conditions, and the like). Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a system and method for managing speed constraints or other constraints pertaining to temporal operations in a manner that accounts for operating costs.
  • the document EP 2 426 567 A1 discloses a method of operating an aircraft, comprising: identifying a first speed constraint associated with a navigational reference point, determining a speed envelope region en route to the navigational reference point based at least in part on the first speed constraint and a maximum acceleration of the vehicle, identifying a target speed en route to the navigational reference point, determining a speed profile for travel en route to the navigational reference point within the speed envelope region and autonomously operating the vehicle in accordance with the speed profile.
  • a computer-implemented method of operating an aircraft involves identifying a first speed constraint associated with a navigational reference point, determining a speed envelope region en route to the navigational reference point based at least in part on the first speed constraint and a maximum acceleration of the vehicle, identifying a target speed en route to the navigational reference point, and determining a speed profile for travel en route to the navigational reference point within the speed envelope region.
  • the speed profile intersects the target speed within the speed envelope region and a slope of the speed profile is influenced by the target speed, and the vehicle is autonomously operated in accordance with the speed profile.
  • a method of operating an aircraft involves a flight management system (FMS) onboard the aircraft identifying one of an AT speed constraint and an AT OR ABOVE speed constraint associated with a navigational reference point of a flight plan, determining a speed envelope region in advance of the navigational reference point based at least in part on a maximum acceleration of the aircraft and the one of the AT speed constraint and the AT OR ABOVE speed constraint, identifying a target speed en route to the navigational reference point, and determining a speed profile that intersects the target speed within the speed envelope region.
  • a slope of the speed profile is influenced by the target speed, and the aircraft is autonomously operated in accordance with the speed profile.
  • the aircraft system includes a data storage element maintaining procedure information associated with an aircraft action, wherein the procedure information includes a navigational reference point having a speed constraint associated therewith, an input device to receive an input value, and a processing system coupled to the data storage element and the input device to determine a speed envelope region en route to the navigational reference point based at least in part on the speed constraint, identify a target speed corresponding to the input value, determine a speed profile intersecting the target speed within the speed envelope region, and autonomously operating an aircraft in accordance with the speed profile, wherein a slope of the speed profile is influenced by the target speed.
  • Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate to vehicle management systems and methods for determining a travel profile for autonomous operations in a manner that accounts for travel constraints associated with points within a travel plan as well as cost index targets or desired travel targets within the travel plan.
  • the subject matter is primarily described herein in the context of aircraft flight management systems and methods for determining a speed profile for autonomously operating an aircraft en route to a speed constrained navigational reference point of a flight plan in a manner that accounts for the speed constraints associated with that en route reference point as well as a desired (or targeted) speed, such as a speed based on a desired cost index, cost function, or other optimization criteria.
  • the subject matter described herein is not necessarily limited to aircraft or avionic environments, and in alternative embodiments, may be implemented in an equivalent manner in the context of other types of vehicles and travel plans.
  • a speed envelope region of potential aircraft speeds in advance of a navigational reference point is calculated, determined, or otherwise defined based on the speed constraint associated with the navigational reference point and any other speed constraints in advance of reaching the navigational reference point, such as, for example, a current aircraft speed, speed constraints associated with a preceding navigational reference point, speed constraints associated with travel en route to the navigational reference point, and the like.
  • a boundary of the speed envelope region corresponding to a minimum amount of travel time for reaching the navigational reference point may be calculated or otherwise determined based on the speed constraint associated with the navigational reference point, any maximum aircraft speed constraints en route to the navigational reference point, and the maximum acceleration of the aircraft.
  • Another boundary of the speed envelope region corresponding to a maximum amount of travel time for reaching the navigational reference point may be calculated or otherwise determined based on the speed constraint associated with the navigational reference point, any minimum aircraft speed constraints en route to the navigational reference point, and the maximum acceleration of the aircraft.
  • a speed envelope region in advance of a navigational reference point is defined, one or more desired aircraft speed targets associated with travel in advance of the navigational reference point are identified and utilized to construct or otherwise determine a speed profile that intersects those targeted aircraft speeds within the speed envelope region. The speed profile is then utilized to autonomously operate the aircraft and regulate the aircraft's speed when traveling en route to the navigational reference point.
  • the speed profile is calculated or otherwise determined to maximize the duration of time during which the aircraft travels at the targeted speed(s) while en route to the navigational reference point, as described in greater detail below in the context of FIG. 3 . In this manner, the amount of time during which the aircraft operates at or near a desired or optimum cost can be maximized while maintaining compliance with other speed constraints. In other embodiments, the speed profile is calculated or otherwise determined to maximize the duration of time during which the average aircraft speed while en route to the navigational reference point is equal to the desired speed(s), as described in greater detail below in the context of FIG. 4 .
  • the speed constraints associated with a navigational reference point may be padded in a manner that increases the area of the speed envelope region to increase the duration of time during which the aircraft can operate at or average the targeted speed(s) within the speed envelope region, as described in greater detail below in the context of FIG. 5 .
  • the speed profile may be iteratively determined in conjunction with required time of arrival (RTA) constraints, as described in greater detail below in the context of FIG. 6 .
  • RTA required time of arrival
  • flight management system flight management system
  • ATC air traffic control
  • the navigational reference points of the departure procedure may be associated with a particular altitude at which the aircraft is required to be at or above during execution of the departure.
  • a cost function may be utilized to identify desired speeds at different altitudes or flight levels within the departure at which the aircraft operates at or best achieves a desired cost index value.
  • the subject matter described herein may be utilize to satisfy AT, AT OR ABOVE, or AT OR BELOW speed constraints while also accounting for operating costs to achieve more cost-efficient operations during an automated departure or climbing phase of flight. That said, the subject matter described herein is not limited to departures or climbs, and may be utilized in an equivalent manner for other aircraft procedures or flight phases, such as, for example, descents, approaches, and the like.
  • FIG. 1 depicts an exemplary embodiment of a system 100 which may be utilized with a vehicle, such as an aircraft 120.
  • the system 100 includes, without limitation, a display device 102, a user input device 104, a processing system 106, a display system 108, a communications system 110, a navigation system 112, a flight management system (FMS) 114, one or more avionics systems 116, and a data storage element 118 suitably configured to support operation of the system 100, as described in greater detail below.
  • FMS flight management system
  • the display device 102 is realized as an electronic display capable of graphically displaying flight information or other data associated with operation of the aircraft 120 under control of the display system 108 and/or processing system 106.
  • the display device 102 is coupled to the display system 108 and the processing system 106, wherein the processing system 106 and the display system 108 are cooperatively configured to display, render, or otherwise convey one or more graphical representations or images associated with operation of the aircraft 120 on the display device 102.
  • the user input device 104 is coupled to the processing system 106, and the user input device 104 and the processing system 106 are cooperatively configured to allow a user (e.g., a pilot, co-pilot, or crew member) to interact with the display device 102 and/or other elements of the system 100, as described in greater detail below.
  • a user e.g., a pilot, co-pilot, or crew member
  • the user input device 104 may be realized as a keypad, touchpad, keyboard, mouse, touch panel (or touchscreen), joystick, knob, line select key or another suitable device adapted to receive input from a user.
  • the user input device 104 is realized as an audio input device, such as a microphone, audio transducer, audio sensor, or the like, that is adapted to allow a user to provide audio input to the system 100 in a "hands free” manner without requiring the user to move his or her hands, eyes and/or head to interact with the system 100.
  • an audio input device such as a microphone, audio transducer, audio sensor, or the like, that is adapted to allow a user to provide audio input to the system 100 in a "hands free” manner without requiring the user to move his or her hands, eyes and/or head to interact with the system 100.
  • the processing system 106 generally represents the hardware, software, and/or firmware components configured to facilitate communications and/or interaction between the elements of the system 100 and perform additional tasks and/or functions to support operation of the system 100, as described in greater detail below.
  • the processing system 106 may be implemented or realized with a general purpose processor, a content addressable memory, a digital signal processor, an application specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate array, any suitable programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, processing core, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof, designed to perform the functions described herein.
  • the processing system 106 may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a plurality of processing cores, a combination of a digital signal processor and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a digital signal processor core, or any other such configuration.
  • the processing system 106 includes processing logic that may be configured to carry out the functions, techniques, and processing tasks associated with the operation of the system 100, as described in greater detail below.
  • the steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in firmware, in a software module executed by the processing system 106, or in any practical combination thereof.
  • the processing system 106 includes or otherwise accesses a data storage element (or memory), which may be realized as any sort of non-transitory short or long term storage media capable of storing programming instructions for execution by the processing system 106.
  • the code or other computer-executable programming instructions when read and executed by the processing system 106, cause the processing system 106 to support or otherwise perform certain tasks, operations, functions, and/or processes described herein.
  • the display system 108 generally represents the hardware, software, and/or firmware components configured to control the display and/or rendering of one or more navigational maps and/or other displays pertaining to operation of the aircraft 120 and/or onboard systems 110, 112, 114, 116 on the display device 102.
  • the display system 108 may access or include one or more databases suitably configured to support operations of the display system 108, such as, for example, a terrain database, an obstacle database, a navigational database, a geopolitical database, a terminal airspace database, a special use airspace database, or other information for rendering and/or displaying navigational maps and/or other content on the display device 102.
  • the aircraft system 100 includes a data storage element 118, which contains aircraft procedure information (or instrument procedure information) for a plurality of airports and maintains association between the aircraft procedure information and the corresponding airports.
  • the data storage element 118 may be physically realized using RAM memory, ROM memory, flash memory, registers, a hard disk, or another suitable data storage medium known in the art or any suitable combination thereof.
  • aircraft procedure information should be understood as a set of operating parameters, constraints, or instructions associated with a particular aircraft action (e.g., approach, departure, arrival, climbing, and the like) that may be undertaken by the aircraft 120 at or in the vicinity of a particular airport.
  • an airport should be understood as referring to a location suitable for landing (or arrival) and/or takeoff (or departure) of an aircraft, such as, for example, airports, runways, landing strips, and other suitable landing and/or departure locations
  • an aircraft action should be understood as referring to an approach (or landing), an arrival, a departure (or takeoff), an ascent, taxiing, or another aircraft action having associated aircraft procedure information.
  • Each airport may have one or more predefined aircraft procedures associated therewith, wherein the aircraft procedure information for each aircraft procedure at each respective airport may be maintained by the data storage element 118.
  • the aircraft procedure information may be provided by or otherwise obtained from a governmental or regulatory organization, such as, for example, the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States.
  • the aircraft procedure information comprises instrument procedure information, such as instrument approach procedures, standard terminal arrival routes, instrument departure procedures, standard instrument departure routes, obstacle departure procedures, or the like, traditionally displayed on a published charts, such as Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) charts, Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) charts or Terminal Arrival Area (TAA) charts, Standard Instrument Departure (SID) routes, Departure Procedures (DP), terminal procedures, approach plates, and the like.
  • IAP Instrument Approach Procedure
  • STAR Standard Terminal Arrival
  • TAA Terminal Arrival Area
  • SID Standard Instrument Departure
  • DP Departure Procedures
  • the data storage element 118 maintains associations between prescribed operating parameters, constraints, and the like and respective navigational reference points (e.g., waypoints, positional fixes, radio ground stations (VORs, VORTACs, TACANs, and the like), distance measuring equipment, non-directional beacons, or the like) defining the aircraft procedure, such as, for example, altitude minima or maxima, minimum and/or maximum speed constraints, RTA constraints, and the like.
  • navigational reference points e.g., waypoints, positional fixes, radio ground stations (VORs, VORTACs, TACANs, and the like), distance measuring equipment, non-directional beacons, or the like
  • the aircraft procedure such as, for example, altitude minima or maxima, minimum and/or maximum speed constraints, RTA constraints, and the like.
  • the processing system 106 is coupled to the navigation system 112, which is configured to provide real-time navigational data and/or information regarding operation of the aircraft 120.
  • the navigation system 112 may be realized as a global positioning system (GPS), inertial reference system (IRS), or a radio-based navigation system (e.g., VHF omni-directional radio range (VOR) or long range aid to navigation (LORAN)), and may include one or more navigational radios or other sensors suitably configured to support operation of the navigation system 112, as will be appreciated in the art.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • IRS inertial reference system
  • LORAN long range aid to navigation
  • the navigation system 112 is capable of obtaining and/or determining the instantaneous position of the aircraft 120, that is, the current (or instantaneous) location of the aircraft 120 (e.g., the current latitude and longitude) and the current (or instantaneous) altitude or above ground level for the aircraft 120.
  • the navigation system 112 is also capable of obtaining or otherwise determining the heading of the aircraft 120 (i.e., the direction the aircraft is traveling in relative to some reference).
  • the processing system 106 is also coupled to the communications system 110, which is configured to support communications to and/or from the aircraft 120.
  • the communications system 110 may support communications between the aircraft 120 and air traffic control or another suitable command center or ground location.
  • the communications system 110 may be realized using a radio communication system or another suitable data link system.
  • the processing system 106 is also coupled to the FMS 114, which is coupled to the navigation system 112, the communications system 110, and one or more additional avionics systems 116 to support navigation, flight planning, and other aircraft control functions in a conventional manner, as well as to provide real-time data and/or information regarding the operational status of the aircraft 120 to the processing system 106.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a single avionics system 116, in practice, the system 100 and/or aircraft 120 will likely include numerous avionics systems for obtaining and/or providing real-time flight-related information that may be displayed on the display device 102 or otherwise provided to a user (e.g., a pilot, a co-pilot, or crew member).
  • avionics systems suitably configured to support operation of the aircraft 120: a weather system, an air traffic management system, a radar system, a traffic avoidance system, an autopilot system, an autothrust system, a flight control system, hydraulics systems, pneumatics systems, environmental systems, electrical systems, engine systems, trim systems, lighting systems, crew alerting systems, electronic checklist systems, an electronic flight bag and/or another suitable avionics system.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified representation of the system 100 for purposes of explanation and ease of description, and FIG. 1 is not intended to limit the application or scope of the subject matter described herein in any way.
  • FIG. 1 shows the display device 102, the user input device 104, and the processing system 106 as being located onboard the aircraft 120 (e.g., in the cockpit), in practice, one or more of the display device 102, the user input device 104, and/or the processing system 106 may be located outside the aircraft 120 (e.g., on the ground as part of an air traffic control center or another command center) and communicatively coupled to the remaining elements of the system 100 (e.g., via a data link and/or communications system 110).
  • the data storage element 118 may be located outside the aircraft 120 and communicatively coupled to the processing system 106 via a data link and/or communications system 110.
  • practical embodiments of the system 100 and/or aircraft 120 will include numerous other devices and components for providing additional functions and features, as will be appreciated in the art.
  • FIG. 1 shows a single display device 102, in practice, additional display devices may be present onboard the aircraft 120.
  • features and/or functionality of processing system 106 described herein can be implemented by or otherwise integrated with the features and/or functionality provided by the FMS 114. In other words, some embodiments may integrate the processing system 106 with the FMS 114.
  • various aspects of the subject matter described herein may be implemented by or at an electronic flight bag (EFB) or similar electronic device that is communicatively coupled to the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114.
  • EFB electronic flight bag
  • an aircraft system is configured to support a speed profile determination process 200 and perform additional tasks, functions, and operations described below.
  • the various tasks performed in connection with the illustrated process 200 may be implemented using hardware, firmware, software executed by processing circuitry, or any combination thereof.
  • the following description may refer to elements mentioned above in connection with FIG. 1 .
  • portions of the speed profile determination process 200 may be performed by different elements of the aircraft system 100. That said, exemplary embodiments are described herein in the context of the speed profile determination process 200 being primarily performed by the processing system 106 and/or FMS 114.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 may include any number of additional or alternative tasks, the tasks need not be performed in the illustrated order and/or the tasks may be performed concurrently, and/or the speed profile determination process 200 may be incorporated into a more comprehensive procedure or process having additional functionality not described in detail herein. Moreover, one or more of the tasks shown and described in the context of FIG. 2 could be omitted from a practical embodiment of the speed profile determination process 200 as long as the intended overall functionality remains intact.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 is described primarily in the context of determining a speed profile optimizing climb speeds for a departure procedure or climbing phase of flight, however, it should be appreciated that the subject matter described herein is not limited to any particular type of procedure or phase of flight.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 may be described initially in the context of an individual navigational segment; however, as described in greater detail below, in one or more embodiments, the speed profile determination process 200 is iteratively performed across multiple navigational segments of a procedure to cumulatively optimize a speed profile (e.g., maximizing cumulative duration of time spent at or averaging cost-indexed speed targets across an entire procedure) rather than optimizing the speed profile in a piecewise manner (e.g., maximizing duration of time spent at or averaging cost-indexed speed targets within individual navigational segments). Additionally, the speed profile determination process 200 can be periodically and/or continually performed throughout execution of a procedure to dynamically update the speed profile to account for the current speed or status of the aircraft.
  • a speed profile e.g., maximizing cumulative duration of time spent at or averaging cost-indexed speed targets across an entire procedure
  • the speed profile determination process 200 can be periodically and/or continually performed throughout execution of a procedure to dynamically update the speed profile to account for the current speed or status of the aircraft.
  • the illustrated speed profile determination process 200 begins by receiving, obtaining or otherwise identifying the speed constraint associated with the destination or en route navigational reference point of a navigational segment (task 202).
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 identifies the value (or airspeed) associated with the en route waypoint defining the end of a navigational segment and the type of speed constraint associated with that waypoint (e.g., whether the constraint is an AT constraint, an AT OR ABOVE speed constraint, or an AT OR BELOW speed constraint).
  • the en route waypoint speed constraint may be identified or obtained from the procedure information stored in the data storage element 118, from ATC (e.g., via communications system 110), or from a pilot or other user (e.g., via user input device 104).
  • the speed profile determination process 200 receives, obtains or otherwise identifies the speed constraint associated with the start of the navigational segment en route to that speed-constrained navigational reference point (task 204). Similar to the en route waypoint, the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 identifies the value (or airspeed) associated with the preceding waypoint defining the start of the navigational segment of interest and the type of speed constraint associated with that waypoint (e.g., whether the constraint is an AT constraint, an AT OR ABOVE speed constraint, or an AT OR BELOW speed constraint).
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 identifies the value (or airspeed) associated with the preceding waypoint defining the start of the navigational segment of interest and the type of speed constraint associated with that waypoint (e.g., whether the constraint is an AT constraint, an AT OR ABOVE speed constraint, or an AT OR BELOW speed constraint).
  • the preceding waypoint speed constraint may be identified or obtained from the procedure information stored in the data storage element 118, from ATC, or from a pilot or other user. If the preceding waypoint does not have an associated speed constraint, the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 may identify the current or anticipated airspeed at that preceding waypoint as the speed constraint associated with the start of the navigational segment.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 also receives, obtains or otherwise identifies the speed constraints associated with traversing the navigational segment en route to the speed-constrained navigational reference point (task 206).
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 identifies any minimum or maximum airspeed values for the period of travel en route to the speed-constrained waypoint.
  • the preceding waypoint speed constraint may be identified or obtained from the procedure information stored in the data storage element 118, from ATC, or from a pilot or other user.
  • the minimum or maximum airspeed values may be determined based on aircraft capabilities, and may be calculated in real-time based on the predicted aircraft weight, altitude, airspeed, meteorological conditions, and/or other factors while en route to the waypoint.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 calculates or otherwise determines a speed envelope region that is bounded by one or more of the speed constraints (task 208).
  • the speed envelope region represents the potential range of airspeeds achievable by the aircraft (e.g., based on the maximum aircraft acceleration/deceleration capabilities) at various locations along the navigational segment en route to the speed-constrained waypoint without violating the speed constraints. That said, as described in greater detail below in the context of FIG.
  • the speed constraints associated with one or more waypoints may be padded or loosened, such that the speed envelope region represents the potential range of airspeeds achievable by the aircraft without violating the speed constraints associated with the endpoints of a navigational segment by more than a threshold amount.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 determines the speed envelope region by calculating or otherwise determining a first boundary corresponding to the minimum amount of travel time for traversing the navigational segment en route to the speed-constrained waypoint and an opposing boundary corresponding to the maximum amount of travel time for traversing the navigational segment.
  • the minimum travel time boundary generally starts from a maximum allowable or achievable speed value at the initial reference point defining the navigational segment and assumes a maximum acceleration of the aircraft until reaching any maximum airspeed constraints and traveling at those maximum airspeeds for a maximum duration of time until reaching the speed-constrained waypoint with a maximum airspeed that satisfies the waypoint's associated speed constraint.
  • the minimum travel time boundary may assume a maximum deceleration from such maximum airspeed values down to the waypoint's associated speed constraint or other subsequent speed constraints.
  • the maximum travel time boundary generally starts from a minimum allowable or achievable speed value at the initial reference point defining the navigational segment maximizes the duration of travel at the minimum airspeed until accelerating at the maximum acceleration of the aircraft until reaching the next minimum airspeed constraint en route to or at the speed-constrained waypoint.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a graph 300 of airspeeds with respect to flight level for an exemplary climb speed profile associated with a departure procedure.
  • FIG. 3 depicts a speed envelope region 302 that may be determined by the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 for climbing from an initial AT OR BELOW speed constraint 306 (e.g., AT OR BELOW 250 knots) associated with a start of a navigational segment to an AT speed constraint 304 (e.g., AT 270 knots) associated with a waypoint defining the end of the navigational segment.
  • an initial AT OR BELOW speed constraint 306 e.g., AT OR BELOW 250 knots
  • AT speed constraint 304 e.g., AT 270 knots
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 calculates a minimum travel time boundary 301 for the speed envelope region 302 that starts at the maximum airspeed that satisfies the speed constraint associated with the initial waypoint of the navigational segment (e.g., the value for the AT OR BELOW speed constraint 306) and accelerates at the maximum acceleration of the aircraft while en route between waypoints (which may be determined based on predicted aircraft weight, altitude level, meteorological conditions, engine status, and/or potentially other factors) before reaching a maximum airspeed constraint 308 associated with travel en route to the waypoint at the end of the navigational segment, and then maximizing the duration of time traveled at the maximum airspeed constraint 308 before arriving at the maximum airspeed at the en route waypoint that satisfies its associated constraint (e.g., the value for the AT speed constraint 304).
  • the maximum airspeed constraint associated with the initial waypoint of the navigational segment e.g., the value for the AT OR BELOW speed constraint 306
  • the maximum travel time boundary 303 for the speed envelope region 302 may start at the minimum airspeed that satisfies the initial waypoint speed constraint 306 and/or the minimum airspeed constraint 310 associated with travel within the navigational segment for the maximum duration of time that allows the airspeed to satisfy the en route waypoint speed constraint 304 given the maximum acceleration of the aircraft while en route.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 may determine a subsequent speed envelope region 312 for climbing from the AT speed constraint 304 to the next successive waypoint having an associated AT OR ABOVE speed constraint 314 (e.g., AT OR ABOVE 290 knots).
  • AT OR ABOVE speed constraint 314 e.g., AT OR ABOVE 290 knots.
  • the minimum travel time boundary 311 for the speed envelope region 312 that starts at the maximum airspeed satisfying the initial constraint 304 e.g., the value for the AT speed constraint 304 and accelerates at the maximum acceleration of the aircraft while en route until reaching a maximum airspeed constraint 318 associated with that navigational segment, and then maximizing the duration of time traveled at the maximum airspeed constraint 318 before arriving at the maximum airspeed at the en route waypoint that satisfies the AT OR ABOVE speed constraint 314 (which is equal to the maximum airspeed constraint 318).
  • the maximum travel time boundary 313 for the speed envelope region 312 starts at the minimum airspeed that satisfies the initial speed constraint 304 (e.g., the value of the AT speed constraint 304) and then attempts to travel at the minimum speed constraint 320 associated with the navigational segment for the maximum duration of time that allows the airspeed to satisfy the value of the AT OR ABOVE speed constraint 314 upon reaching that waypoint at the end of the segment given the maximum acceleration capability of the aircraft.
  • the initial speed constraint 304 e.g., the value of the AT speed constraint 304
  • the speed profile determination process 200 receives, obtains or otherwise identifies any desired or target airspeeds relevant to the navigational segment and then constructs or otherwise determines a speed profile within the speed envelope region that intersects the targeted speed(s) (tasks 210, 212).
  • the targeted airspeeds are calculated or otherwise determined by the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 at particular flight levels or altitudes based on an input cost index value and current or predicted aircraft status information.
  • a pilot or other user may utilize the user input device 104 to provide a desired cost index value, which, in turn, is utilized by the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 to determine a targeted airspeed (or optimum speed) associated with a particular flight level (or range thereof) that achieves the input cost index value based on a variety of factors, as will be understood to those skilled in the art and the details of which are not germane to the subject matter described herein. That said, in other embodiments, a pilot or other user may utilize the user input device 104 to input or otherwise provide desired airspeeds for use at particular flight levels in lieu of or in addition to those determined using a cost index value or cost function.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs a speed profile within the speed envelope region for that navigational segment that intersects the targeted airspeed(s). In one or more exemplary embodiments, the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs a speed profile that maximizes an amount of travel at a targeted airspeed within the navigational segment, as illustrated in FIG. 3 . In alternative embodiments, the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs a speed profile that maximizes an amount of travel over which the average airspeed is equal to a targeted airspeed, as illustrated in FIG. 4 .
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 calculates or otherwise determines a first target airspeed (or optimum climb speed) up to reaching flight level 100 (FL100) equal to OPT CLB SPD 1, a second target airspeed up to reaching FL150 equal to OPT CLB SPD 2, a third target airspeed up to reaching FL200 equal to OPT CLB SPD 3, and a fourth target airspeed up to reaching FL250 equal to OPT CLB SPD 4.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs a speed profile 350 within the speed envelope region 302 that has a combination of differently sloped portions configured to maximize the duration of time at which the airspeed is equal to either OPT CLB SPD 1 or OPT CLB SPD 2.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 may construct the speed profile 350 to maximize the duration of time the airspeed is equal to OPT CLB SPD 1 until the aircraft altitude is expected to reach FL100, and then increase with a slope corresponding to a maximum allowable acceleration of the aircraft until reaching OPT CLB SPD 2 to maximize the duration of time the airspeed is equal to OPT CLB SPD 2 before the aircraft altitude reaches FL150, and then increase with a slope corresponding to the maximum acceleration to satisfy the AT speed constraint 304.
  • the speed profile 350 would begin accelerating at the maximum acceleration prior to reaching FL150 to ensure the AT constraint 304 is satisfied.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs a speed profile 360 within the speed envelope region 312 that accelerates with the maximum acceleration along the minimum travel time boundary 311 until reaching the targeted airspeed up to FL200 and then remains at OPT CLB SPD 3 until reaching FL200 and then accelerating with the maximum acceleration until reaching the next targeted airspeed (OPT CLB SPD 4) and then maximizing the duration of time at that target value.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 allows for maximizing the total amount of flight time spent at one of the multiple different optimum climb speeds calculated by the FMS 114 for multiple different flight levels or operating regions.
  • a climb, descent, or other procedure may be subdivided into any number of regions or segments, which, in turn, could each be associated with a particular optimum speed associated therewith, with the speed profile determination process 200 being utilized to maximize the cumulative amount of time the aircraft is flying at one of the optimum speeds within the respective operating regions or segments.
  • FIG. 4 depicts an alternative embodiment for constructing speed profiles 402, 404 within speed envelope regions 302, 312.
  • FIG. 4 depicts a graph 400 where the constructed speed profile attempts to maximize the duration of time when the aircraft is continuously accelerating during a climb to achieve a smoother climb.
  • speed profile 402 is constructed to maximize a duration of time over which the average airspeed is equal to OPT CLB SPD 2 by including a linearly sloped portion 403 having an average value equal to OPT CLB SPD 2.
  • the linearly sloped portion 403 intersects OPT CLB SPD 2 at its associated flight level (FL150), and the slope of the portion 403 is minimized to maximize the duration of time the average value is equal to OPT CLB SPD 2.
  • the slope of the portion 403 may be determined by constructing a line through the target speed (OPT CLB SPD 2) an the minimum airspeed value that satisfies such subsequent speed constraints, thereby minimizing the slope of the portion 403.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 Prior to reaching the sloped portion 403 with an average value equal to a target speed value, the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs the speed profile 402 with a maximum acceleration, to thereby maximize the duration of the sloped portion 403 within the speed envelope region 302. Similarly, for speed envelope region 312, in the embodiment of FIG. 4 , the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 constructs a speed profile 404 that accelerates with the maximum acceleration until reaching a sloped portion 405 configured to maximize a duration of time that the average climb speed is equal to the optimum climb speed associated with FL200 (OPT CLB SPD 3) before reaching the optimum climb speed associated with FL250 (OPT CLB SPD 4) and satisfying the AT OR ABOVE constraint 314.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 is iteratively performed across multiple navigational segments of a procedure to cumulatively maximize the duration of time when the aircraft is flying at a targeted speed during the procedure, or alternatively, the duration of time when the average speed of the aircraft is equal to a targeted speed.
  • navigational segments bounded by AT OR ABOVE or AT OR BELOW speed constraints have a range of acceptable speeds upon reaching those waypoints.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 may be iteratively performed to increase or decrease speed values at the endpoints of navigational segments (and then update the portion of the speed profile corresponding to that navigational segment accordingly) to arrive at a solution consisting of sets of speed profiles across the multiple navigational segments that optimizes the aircraft speed relative to the cost index across execution of the entire procedure.
  • a speed profile through the speed envelope region 302 that starts at the maximum speed for the AT OR BELOW speed constraint 306 rather than OPT CLB SPD 1 may reduce the duration of time the aircraft travels at (or averages) OPT CLB SPD 1 below FL100 but increase the duration of time the aircraft travels at (or averages) OPT CLB SPD 2, thereby optimizing the aircraft speed across those two segments.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 could be iteratively performed to account for RTA constraints and arrive at an optimal speed profile that also satisfies RTA constraints in addition to speed constraints.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 is periodically performed or otherwise updated during flight to dynamically update the speed profile as the aircraft travels within a navigational segment, to thereby further optimize the speed profile.
  • the current aircraft altitude may be treated as the initial navigational reference point of a navigational segment currently being flown with the current aircraft speed being treated as an AT speed constraint associated with that starting point.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 may dynamically update the speed profile to be used to optimize the speed profile based on the current aircraft status.
  • speed constraints are padded or relaxed to allow for construction of speed profiles that maximize duration of time the aircraft travels at (or averages) a targeted airspeed.
  • AT OR BELOW constraints e.g., constraint 306
  • AT OR ABOVE constraints e.g., constraint 3114
  • AT constraints e.g., constraint 304
  • AT constraints may be padded upward and/or downward to accommodate targeted airspeeds while satisfying the speed constraints within some threshold margin.
  • the constraints are padded independently by an amount that is less than or equal to some maximum allowable padding value (e.g., plus or minus 10 knots), but the cumulative amount of padding throughout the procedure is equal to zero (e.g., the sum of all upward padding minus the sum of all downward padding is equal to zero).
  • some maximum allowable padding value e.g., plus or minus 10 knots
  • the cumulative amount of padding throughout the procedure is equal to zero (e.g., the sum of all upward padding minus the sum of all downward padding is equal to zero).
  • the AT OR BELOW constraint 306 may be increased by an amount (PadPos1) to relax the speeds up its associated waypoint at FL100.
  • the AT constraint 304 may be increased by a different amount (PadPos2) for purposes of constructing the minimum travel time boundary 501 for a padded speed envelope region 502, while decreased by an amount (PadNegl) for purposes of constructing the maximum travel time boundary 503 for the padded speed envelope region 502.
  • the AT OR ABOVE constraint 314 may be decreased by a different amount (PadNeg2) for purposes of constructing the maximum travel time boundary 513 for padded speed envelope region 512, while the minimum travel time boundary 511 for the padded speed envelope region 512 is constructed using the upwardly padded AT constraint 304 (e.g., the AT speed constraint plus PadPos2).
  • Each of the padding amounts is less than a maximum allowable padding value (e.g., 10 knots).
  • the padding amounts for different constraints may be different from one another to better optimize the cumulative speed profile across the procedure, without violating the maximum allowable padding value and maintaining a net padding value equal to zero. That said, in some embodiments, the amount of padding may be net positive or net negative to accommodate RTA constraints, as described in greater detail below in the context of FIG. 6 .
  • the speed profile determination process 200 may construct speed profiles through the padded speed envelope regions in a similar manner as described above.
  • the constructed speed profile 550 proceeds with maximum acceleration until reaching the target speed associated with FL150 and then maintains the airspeed at that OPT CLB 2 value to maximize the duration of time at the target speed value without increasing the deviation from the original AT speed constraint 304.
  • the subsequent speed profile segment 560 may be constructed with maximum acceleration from the FL150 target speed to the target speed associated with FL200 (e.g., OPT CLB 3). By virtue of the padding and increased speed at the start of the speed profile segment 560, the target speed associated with FL200 may be reached sooner, thereby further increasing the duration of time that the aircraft flies at a targeted airspeed during the climb.
  • the speed profile determination process 200 is implemented by a speed profile generator 602 as part of a RTA management system 600 (which may be implemented by the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114).
  • the speed profile generator 602 receives or otherwise obtains various speed constraints 601 associated with a procedure (e.g., tasks 202, 204, 206) and generates an initial speed profile 603 based on those speed constraints and various targeted or desired airspeeds applicable to execution of the procedure.
  • a trajectory predictor 604 receives the speed profile output by the speed profile generator 602 and computes one or more estimated times of arrival (ETAs) 605 based on the speed profile.
  • the ETAs 605 are provided to an RTA solver 606 which compares the ETAs 605 to one or more corresponding RTAs 607 and determines a speed adjustment 609 based on any differences.
  • the speed adjustment 609 is then utilized by the speed profile generator 602 to adjust the speed profile 603 in a manner that reduces the time difference (or error) between the ETA(s) 605 and the RTA(s) 607.
  • the speed profile generator 602 may adaptively pad AT or AT OR ABOVE speed constraints lower to delay the ETAs 605 in response to downward speed adjustments 609, and conversely, adaptively pad AT or AT OR BELOW speed constraints higher to advance the ETAs 605 in response to upward speed adjustments 609.
  • the speed profile generator 602 may vary the manner in which the speed profile is optimized (e.g., maximizing duration at targeted speeds versus maximizing duration of average speed equal to targeted speeds) based on the requested speed adjustment 609.
  • the updated speed profile 603 may then be provided to the trajectory predictor 604 for updating the ETAs 605, and so on, to iteratively reduce the speed adjustment 609.
  • the subject matter described herein allows for the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 to generate a speed profile that accounts for speed constraints associated with a procedure while also attempting to achieve a desired cost index by accounting for different targeted speeds. For example, multiple different optimum climb speeds associated with different flight levels (or ranges thereof) may be accounted for when constructing a speed profile for a departure procedure having one or more AT or AT OR ABOVE speed constraints.
  • the resulting speed profile may be utilized by the FMS 114 (or another autopilot, autothrottle or flight guidance subsystem) to autonomously operate the aircraft while climbing to best achieve the desired cost index, thereby facilitating cost-efficient operations while attempting to comply with various speed constraints, RTA constraints, and the like.
  • the processing system 106 and/or the FMS 114 may also generate or otherwise provide a graphical representation of the speed profile on the display device 102 to thereby allow a pilot to manually fly the aircraft in a cost effective manner while attempting to manage aircraft speed and arrival times.
  • embodiments of the subject matter described herein can be stored on, encoded on, or otherwise embodied by any suitable non-transitory computer-readable medium as computer-executable instructions or data stored thereon that, when executed (e.g., by a processing system), facilitate the processes described above.
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  • drawings may depict one exemplary arrangement of elements, additional intervening elements, devices, features, or components may be present in an embodiment of the depicted subject matter.
  • certain terminology may also be used in the following description for the purpose of reference only, and thus are not intended to be limiting.

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  1. Procédé mis en œuvre par ordinateur pour faire fonctionner un aéronef, le procédé comprenant :
    l'identification d'une première contrainte de vitesse (304) associée à un point de référence de navigation ;
    l'identification d'une deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306) associée à un deuxième point de référence de navigation qui précède le point de référence de navigation ;
    la détermination d'une zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) en route vers le point de référence de navigation sur la base au moins en partie de la première contrainte de vitesse (304), de la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306) et d'une accélération maximale de l'aéronef, dans lequel la détermination de la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) comprend :
    la détermination d'une limite de temps de trajet minimale (301) pour la région d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) entre le point de référence de navigation et le deuxième point de référence de navigation sur la base au moins en partie de la première contrainte de vitesse (304), de la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306), de l'accélération maximale de l'aéronef et d'une vitesse maximale associée au segment de navigation entre le point de référence de navigation et le deuxième point de référence de navigation ; et
    la détermination d'une limite de temps de trajet maximale (303) pour la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) sur la base au moins en partie de la première contrainte de vitesse (304), de la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306), de l'accélération maximale de l'aéronef et d'une vitesse maximale associée au segment de navigation entre le point de référence de navigation et le deuxième point de référence de navigation ;
    dans lequel ladite vitesse minimale et ladite vitesse maximale sont déterminées sur la base des capacités de l'aéronef en route vers le point de référence de navigation ;
    l'identification d'une vitesse cible en route vers le point de référence de navigation ;
    la détermination d'un profil de vitesse (350) pour un déplacement en route vers le point de référence de navigation, dans la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302), dans lequel le profil de vitesse (350) coupe la vitesse cible dans la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) et une pente du profil de vitesse (350) est influencée par la vitesse cible ; et le fonctionnement autonome de l'aéronef conformément au profil de vitesse (350).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre le remplissage d'au moins une parmi la première contrainte de vitesse (304) et la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306) sur la base de la vitesse cible, dans lequel le remplissage comprend le relâchement de ladite au moins une parmi la première contrainte de vitesse et la deuxième contrainte de vitesse pour permettre la détermination d'un profil de vitesse qui maximise la durée pendant laquelle l'aéronef se déplace ou fait la moyenne de la vitesse cible.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pente du profil de vitesse (350) maximise une durée lorsqu'une vitesse de l'aéronef est égale à la vitesse cible.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la pente du profil de vitesse (350) maximise une durée lorsqu'une vitesse moyenne de l'aéronef est égale à la vitesse cible.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre l'identification d'une seconde vitesse cible en route vers le point de référence de navigation, dans lequel :
    la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) comprend la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) coupant la vitesse cible et la seconde vitesse cible dans la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) ; et
    la pente du profil de vitesse (350) maximise une durée cumulée pendant laquelle une vitesse de l'aéronef est égale à l'une parmi la vitesse cible et la seconde vitesse cible ou une durée lorsqu'une vitesse moyenne de l'aéronef est égale à l'un de la vitesse cible et de la seconde vitesse cible.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre :
    l'identification d'une troisième contrainte de vitesse (314) associée à un troisième point de référence de navigation ;
    la détermination d'une seconde région d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) entre le point de référence de navigation et le troisième point de référence de navigation sur la base au moins en partie de la première contrainte de vitesse (304), de la troisième contrainte de vitesse (314) et de l'accélération maximale de l'aéronef ;
    l'identification d'une seconde vitesse cible en route vers le troisième point de référence de navigation, dans lequel :
    la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) comprend la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) pour le déplacement du point de référence de navigation au troisième point de référence de navigation dans la seconde zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) ; et
    le profil de vitesse (350) coupe la seconde vitesse cible dans la seconde zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) et une seconde pente du profil de vitesse (350) dans la seconde zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) est influencée par la seconde vitesse cible.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel :
    l'identification de la première contrainte de vitesse (304) comprend l'identification, par un système de gestion de vol (100) (FMS (114)) à bord de l'aéronef (120), de l'une d'une contrainte de vitesse AT (304) et d'une contrainte de vitesse AT OR ABOVE associée au point de référence de navigation d'un plan de vol ; et
    la détermination de la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) comprend le FMS (114) déterminant la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) avant le point de référence de navigation du plan de vol sur la base au moins en partie de l'accélération maximale de l'aéronef (120) et de l'une parmi la contrainte de vitesse AT (304) et la contrainte de vitesse AT OR ABOVE.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) comprend la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) qui maximise une durée lorsqu'une vitesse de l'aéronef (120) est égale à la vitesse cible.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) comprend la détermination du profil de vitesse (350) qui maximise une durée lorsqu'une vitesse moyenne de l'aéronef (120) est égale à la vitesse cible.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la détermination de la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) comprend le remplissage d'une parmi la contrainte de vitesse AT (304) et la contrainte de vitesse AT OR ABOVE en fonction de la vitesse cible, le remplissage comprenant le relâchement de ladite une parmi la contrainte de vitesse AT (304) et la contrainte de vitesse AT OR ABOVE pour permettre la détermination d'un profil de vitesse qui maximise la durée pendant laquelle l'aéronef se déplace ou fait la moyenne de la vitesse cible.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel l'identification de la vitesse cible comprend le FMS (114) déterminant la vitesse cible sur la base d'une valeur d'indice de coût et d'un niveau de vol en route vers le point de référence de navigation.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel :
    l'identification de l'une parmi la contrainte de vitesse AT (304) et la contrainte de vitesse AT OR ABOVE comprend l'identification de l'une parmi la contrainte de vitesse AT (304) et la contrainte de vitesse AT OR ABOVE sur la base d'une procédure de départ associée à un aéroport ; et
    l'identification de la vitesse cible comprend le FMS (114) déterminant une vitesse de montée optimale associée à un premier niveau de vol en dessous d'un second niveau de vol associé au point de référence de navigation sur la base d'une valeur d'indice de coût, dans lequel le profil de vitesse (350) coupe la vitesse de montée optimale.
  13. Système d'aéronef (100), comprenant :
    un élément de stockage de données (118) qui conserve des informations de procédure associées à une action d'aéronef (120), dans lequel les informations de procédure comprennent un point de référence de navigation auquel est associée une contrainte de vitesse (304) et un deuxième point de référence de navigation auquel est associé une deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306) ; et
    un système de traitement (106) couplé à l'élément de stockage de données (118) et au dispositif d'entrée pour déterminer une zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) en route vers le point de référence de navigation sur la base au moins en partie de la contrainte de vitesse (304), de la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306) et d'une accélération maximale de l'aéronef, identifier une vitesse cible en route vers le point de référence de navigation,
    déterminer un profil de vitesse (350) coupant la vitesse cible dans la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302), et faire fonctionner de manière autonome un aéronef (120) en fonction du profil de vitesse (350), dans lequel une pente du profil de vitesse (350) est influencée par la vitesse cible, et dans lequel la détermination de la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) comprend :
    la détermination d'une limite de temps de trajet minimale (301) pour la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) entre le point de référence de navigation et le deuxième point de référence de navigation sur la base au moins en partie de la première contrainte de vitesse (304), de la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306), de l'accélération maximale de l'aéronef et d'une vitesse maximale associée au segment de navigation entre le point de référence de navigation et le deuxième point de référence de navigation ; et
    la détermination d'une limite de temps de trajet maximale (303) pour la zone d'enveloppe de vitesse (302) sur la base au moins en partie de la première contrainte de vitesse (304), de la deuxième contrainte de vitesse (306), de l'accélération maximale de l'aéronef et d'une vitesse maximale associée au segment de navigation entre le point de référence de navigation et le deuxième point de référence de navigation ;
    dans lequel ladite vitesse minimale et ladite vitesse maximale sont déterminées sur la base des capacités de l'aéronef en route vers le point de référence de navigation.
  14. Système d'aéronef (100) selon la revendication 13, comprenant en outre un dispositif d'entrée pour recevoir une valeur d'entrée, dans lequel :
    la valeur d'entrée comprend un indice de coût ; et
    la vitesse cible est une vitesse optimale associée à un premier niveau de vol inférieur à un second niveau de vol associé au point de référence de navigation.
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